Subject: bug#30350: 27.0.50; Newest master can't run processes on macOS

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 15:56:52 -0800

On 02/05/2018 11:18 AM, Alan Third wrote:
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> Yes, it fixes the problem here.
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> Is this a known issue with macOS?

It's news to me and it's not listed in the Gnulib portability gotcha list.

What happens if you run the attached program on macOS? It creates a file 
"file" and then tries to access it as a directory, which should not work.